Slide 1The Gold and Salt Trade in West Africa Slide 2 Why trade gold for salt? In our time, salt is easy to get and not very expensive, selling for about 79¢ a pound. Gold,…
Slide 1 African Kingdoms Slide 2 Very few knew what was south the Sahara Desert, because it was so vast and treacherous. Since hardly anyone had ever seen the rest of it,…
Focus Question How did the kingdoms of West Africa develop and prosper? Salt was rare in many regions of Africa. It was, however, important to human health. This combination…